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it's all about 5-year-old comments made by candidate obama that some are calling racially divisive. but is it as damaging as romney's video about the 47%? >>> and potential progress for american airlines and its pilots, as the airline rushes to explain why seats have come loose. >>> also this morning, firing back. e small town tv anchor woman, now launching a national debate on weight and bullying, after a viewer attacked her for being fat. >>> and last dance. cut throat composition on the dance floor. but one all-star fails to find his hollywood ending. >>> good wednesday morning, everybody. we begin with that newly-released video, getting lots of attention before tonight's first presidential debate. >> it was released overnight by a conservative website. the speech was given to a largely african-american audience back in 2007, when mr. obama was still a senator. critics say the president was divisively pandering to the crowd, saying that the fog did not do enough to help residents of new orleans after hurricane katrina. >> what's happening down in new orleans? where's your dollar?
it's all about 5-year-old comments made by candidate obama that some are calling racially divisive. but is it as damaging as romney's video about the 47%? >>> and potential progress for american airlines and its pilots, as the airline rushes to explain why seats have come loose. >>> also this morning, firing back. e small town tv anchor woman, now launching a national debate on weight and bullying, after a viewer attacked her for being fat. >>> and last dance. cut...
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suggesting something happened in the obama administration. >> what joe biden and president obama have suggested is that we had eight years of horrific economic decisions, tax cuts for the very wealthy, wall street writing its own rules culminating in an economic disaster that culminated four years ago of which we've had to dig out from. let's be clear the middle class has been buried for a lot longer than the time that we've been dealing with bad economic decisions from the former administration. people in the middle class have been working harder each and every day and watching their wages decline. >> robert gibbs, good to see you this morning. >> scot pelley will anchor cbs's coverage of the debate tonight. >> for the first time since the deadly attack on the american consulate in benghazi, secretary of state hillary clinton is responding to congress's demand for more information. margaret brennan in washington has seen the request and the response. margaret, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, charlie. secretary clinton pledged tuesday nobody will hold this department m
suggesting something happened in the obama administration. >> what joe biden and president obama have suggested is that we had eight years of horrific economic decisions, tax cuts for the very wealthy, wall street writing its own rules culminating in an economic disaster that culminated four years ago of which we've had to dig out from. let's be clear the middle class has been buried for a lot longer than the time that we've been dealing with bad economic decisions from the former...
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lived there ten years. through hurricane katrina. and you know, just from, speak on the new orleans example for a second, obviously a lot of play. but one, the magnitude beyond race of what happened. 80% of the city under water, coupled with bad politics, between the mayor, governor, governor and president all that played a role i think in some of the reprehensible scenes you saw after the storm to say it was simply racist is kind of, under estimating the extent of the problems we saw in '05. so, we'll see how this plays tonight. >> he said poor people need help with basic skills, how to shop, how to show up for work on time, how to wear the right clothes, how to act appropriately. and he also said -- we don't need to build highways, out in the suburbs. we should be investing in minority owned businesses in our neighborhoods. >> a lot of politicians pander to the crowd. >> the president's inflection and cadence was different in that video the way he was speaking was different talking to a largely black crowd. again, after that jeremi
lived there ten years. through hurricane katrina. and you know, just from, speak on the new orleans example for a second, obviously a lot of play. but one, the magnitude beyond race of what happened. 80% of the city under water, coupled with bad politics, between the mayor, governor, governor and president all that played a role i think in some of the reprehensible scenes you saw after the storm to say it was simply racist is kind of, under estimating the extent of the problems we saw in '05....
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look how weak growth has been in this election year in the obama presidency? well below even what it was in 2004 for george w. bush and the second quarter drops more. very anemic growth. we don't know the third quarter numbers. we'll get those before the election. president obama we know he's trying to do something no one's done with fdr, win with the unemployment rate above 7.2%. look at gdp numbers to win, it would be a bit of history. >> certainly would be. john, thanks very much. we're going to have much more coverage, full coverage of tonight's debate president obama and governor romney face-to-face as american voters weigh their choice. the first presidential debate takes place tonight. you can watch it live. our coverage begins 7:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnn and on cnn.com. >>> a fiery speech by then-senator barack obama sets off some media fireworks five years later. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] you've been years in the making. and there are many years ahead. join the millions of members who've chosen an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan insur
look how weak growth has been in this election year in the obama presidency? well below even what it was in 2004 for george w. bush and the second quarter drops more. very anemic growth. we don't know the third quarter numbers. we'll get those before the election. president obama we know he's trying to do something no one's done with fdr, win with the unemployment rate above 7.2%. look at gdp numbers to win, it would be a bit of history. >> certainly would be. john, thanks very much....
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that barack obama has been in office has dropped $4,000. middle class families are hurting. and yesterday, the vice president, joe biden, said how can you justify raising taxes on the middle class that has been buried the last four years. was that a gaffe by biden, or was he speaking the truth? >> what vice president biden was saying is what i believe many middle class families throughout this country believe, median household income at any time fall in the last four years. median household income fell in the last decade for the first time since we began keeping statistics. >> the vice president said buried the last four years, suggesting something happened during the obama administration. >> no. what joe biden and president obama have suggested each and every day on this campaign trail is that we had eight years of horrific economic decisions, tax cuts for the very wealthy, wall street writing its own rules, culminating in an economic disaster that took place about four years ago, of which we've had to dig out from each day of the last fou
that barack obama has been in office has dropped $4,000. middle class families are hurting. and yesterday, the vice president, joe biden, said how can you justify raising taxes on the middle class that has been buried the last four years. was that a gaffe by biden, or was he speaking the truth? >> what vice president biden was saying is what i believe many middle class families throughout this country believe, median household income at any time fall in the last four years. median...
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markets think obama is going to win. if romney when the knockout punch tonight could you see stocks start a new rally? >> stocks have been in rally mode for the last year. i don't think there will be a big difference. i am not changing my strategy and for me the big thing going on now is the fed. not necessarily anything obama war romney does tonight. dennis: if romney is going to throw it has to be come early. hourly and why? >> if there is a challenger and everyone is tuning in to see how you measure up to the president you have got to find that debate right off the top. what i advise candidates in the past is punch your opponent in the gut and shake him. president obama is a soft debater but romney is coming in with low expectations about high expectations in a sense that he has to do well to change the dynamics of this race. the polls are tight and he has an opportunity to win but he has not run a good campaign by any stretch of the imagination. dennis: the worst campaign you have seen in your entire history of polit
markets think obama is going to win. if romney when the knockout punch tonight could you see stocks start a new rally? >> stocks have been in rally mode for the last year. i don't think there will be a big difference. i am not changing my strategy and for me the big thing going on now is the fed. not necessarily anything obama war romney does tonight. dennis: if romney is going to throw it has to be come early. hourly and why? >> if there is a challenger and everyone is tuning in to...
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president obama has taken a lead in recent polls. still, he is not headed into this election with the same advantage he had in 2008 when he won the state by ten points. two years ago, the republican party chipped away at the democrats lead, and now claim almost 11,000 more registered active voters. mitt romney came in a close second here in the january caucuses, that's four years after he ignored, and lost, the state-- also proof of how campaigning here can make a difference. republicans want to capitalize on that momentum. >> in 2008, the obama campaign had the organizational advantage in iowa. in 2012, republicans have stepped up their game. they had done more by april than john mccain did in iowa by election night in 2008. >> reporter: but political support in iowa doesn't simply rely on the sheer force of campaigning. there are more voters registered without party affiliation in iowa than there are republicans or democrats. many iowans measure the candidates independent of their party. voters like 19-year-old charlie comfort who
president obama has taken a lead in recent polls. still, he is not headed into this election with the same advantage he had in 2008 when he won the state by ten points. two years ago, the republican party chipped away at the democrats lead, and now claim almost 11,000 more registered active voters. mitt romney came in a close second here in the january caucuses, that's four years after he ignored, and lost, the state-- also proof of how campaigning here can make a difference. republicans want...
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their first face-to-face meeting in five years. chuck todd is the white house political director and chief white house correspondent outside the university of denver. chuck, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. first of three 90-minute debates, one-on-one between president obama and mitt romney, and it comes at a critical time. for romney it's about turning the page on a rough september, and for the president it's a chance to shut off romney's last path to victory. president obama took a break from tuesday's debate prep in nevada visiting the hoover dam. >> it's spectacular, and i've never seen it before. >> reporter: meanwhile in denver, mitt romney's break time from debate prep was lunch at the tex-mex chain restaurant chipotle joined by ohio senator rob portman who is playing mr. obama in romney's mock debate sessions. with the two candidates off the trail tuesday, their number two men picked up the slack. campaigning in north carolina vice president biden drew some attention with these comments, discussing
their first face-to-face meeting in five years. chuck todd is the white house political director and chief white house correspondent outside the university of denver. chuck, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. first of three 90-minute debates, one-on-one between president obama and mitt romney, and it comes at a critical time. for romney it's about turning the page on a rough september, and for the president it's a chance to shut off romney's last path to victory....
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president obama has called the family of 30-year-old border patrol agent nicholas ivy who was killed early yesterday. >> mr. obama promised that ivy's family that those responsible will be found. abc's cecilia vega reports from southern, arizona. >> reporter: it is remote, dangerous, and deadly, and it was here on this dusty stretch of land where arizona meets mexico that three border patrol agents were fired on. one made it out safely. another was shot twice and expected to recover. but the third agent, 30-year-old nicholas ivy, was shot dead. >> we suspect that this is probably some type of narcotics trafficking event. that these agents encountered. but at this time, that would be speculative. >> reporter: the three agents headed to a spot just three miles north of the border. as they headed up a desert hill, someone fired right at them in what is being described as an ambush. the agents work in the naco, arizona, station, named two weeks ago for brian terry, the last border patrol agent fatly shot on duty. his 2010 death from a firearm sold through the notorious fast and furious o
president obama has called the family of 30-year-old border patrol agent nicholas ivy who was killed early yesterday. >> mr. obama promised that ivy's family that those responsible will be found. abc's cecilia vega reports from southern, arizona. >> reporter: it is remote, dangerous, and deadly, and it was here on this dusty stretch of land where arizona meets mexico that three border patrol agents were fired on. one made it out safely. another was shot twice and expected to...
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the middle class has been buried over the last four years, they're being buried by obama care, being buried by borrowing, by taxes, by spending, by more regulations, by all the uncertainties that is plaguing business and the way to fix this is by electing mitt romney. >> a debate is scheduled for october 11th. >>> a brutal week for american airlines. flight 1862 left dallas for st. louis yesterday, only to return due to landing gear problems. passengers say people were crying when the flight crew told them to prepare for an emergency landing. >> we got a right -- not a gear unsafe light, unsafe in the on position, looks like we might have a door hanging on the right side. >> 1862 understood, do you require the equipment? >> stand by on tt. in the gear down position, everything looks satisfactory so we'll get back to you on that. >> that flight landed later in st. louis. a separate american airlines flight from chicago to london was also forced to make an unscheduled landing in ireland after a passenger smelled smoke. those incidents just the latest in a series of problems for america
the middle class has been buried over the last four years, they're being buried by obama care, being buried by borrowing, by taxes, by spending, by more regulations, by all the uncertainties that is plaguing business and the way to fix this is by electing mitt romney. >> a debate is scheduled for october 11th. >>> a brutal week for american airlines. flight 1862 left dallas for st. louis yesterday, only to return due to landing gear problems. passengers say people were crying...
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give me the substancetive argument for president obama on what he's rung on. all i know is he wants to raise taxes on rich people. other than that, what is his substance? >> are you better off than you were four years ago. >> but that's not -- >> isn't that the question? is that the question reagan asked? >> that's the question romney asked more recently. >> what is substantive -- >> what do we know? we haven't had a budget in three years. >> i would love to see these two men get up and give three specific points they would do if they became president in the next four years. >> and on that point then, three specific points that you think obama's going to give. >> lower the corporate rate, do tax reform and rebuild every school that's over over 50 years. >> how's that any different than what romney would tell you? >> it's not. >> is it shocking to you? >> in four years, he's had one of the -- he's had the senate on his side. and what can he say he's done? if you want to ask the question that ronald reagan asked in 1980 is are you better off today than you were
give me the substancetive argument for president obama on what he's rung on. all i know is he wants to raise taxes on rich people. other than that, what is his substance? >> are you better off than you were four years ago. >> but that's not -- >> isn't that the question? is that the question reagan asked? >> that's the question romney asked more recently. >> what is substantive -- >> what do we know? we haven't had a budget in three years. >> i would...
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and conservatives circulate a five-year-old video in a move the obama campaign calls desperate. >>> why the smoke detector in your home may not work in a fire. >>> and online attack. on-air response. a local news anchor takes to the air waves to fire back at a viewer who slammed her for her weight. >> you know nothing about me but what you see on the outside. and i am much more than a number on a scale. we'll talk to her today, wednesday, october 3rd, 2012. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> and good morning. welcome to "today" on a wednesday morning. i'm savannah guthrie. >> and i'm david gregory in for matt this morning. if you love politics, this is it. the stage is set. the first big presidential debate. the showdown in denver between president obama and republican challenger mitt romney. you know mitt romney is looking for a new look and, of course, the president is trying to avoid the incumbent trap of trying to appear arrogant or underprepared. a lot on the line right now. >> a big moment in the ca
and conservatives circulate a five-year-old video in a move the obama campaign calls desperate. >>> why the smoke detector in your home may not work in a fire. >>> and online attack. on-air response. a local news anchor takes to the air waves to fire back at a viewer who slammed her for her weight. >> you know nothing about me but what you see on the outside. and i am much more than a number on a scale. we'll talk to her today, wednesday, october 3rd, 2012. >>>...